TEP526TeachingMath

Math Unit Caroline Dela Victoria

Number Sense - Place Values, Number notation

Summary

This math unit will allow students to work with symbols and tactile objects to represent a number value.
Students will learn how to write numbers in standard, expanded, and written form.
Students will be utilizing prior knowledge of counting using addition, subtraction, and multiplication; especially automaticity.

Lesson 1: Place Value With Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics (Standard Form)

To begin the unit lesson, I will begin with an anticipatory set that introduces to students to Ancient Egyptian Hieroglypic Writing, more specifically the hieroglyphic number system. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoevycJ1bbY&NR=1
using the hieroglyphic number system to learn about place value (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands).
write numbers in Standard Form Ex) 1234
Use chart to place number in appropriate column + draw hieroglyphic
Assessment: Formal Homework: Write the value of each number in the box
http://www.edhelper.com/math/math_third_grade_THRD15.htm

Lesson 2: Hieroglyphic Place Value Strips (Expanded Form)
king_tut's_tomb.jpg

Lesson 3: Written Form using Hieroglyphic Manipulatives

Students will be writing numbers in written form Ex) one thousand two hundred thirty-four
Engage students: Ancient Egyptian King Tut video -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57R2DjkpH2I&feature=related
Imagine: traveled back in time to meet King Tut and his Mother Queen Nefertiti
activity: answer questions from them using numbers in written notation + hieroglyphic
manipulative bag

Lesson 4: Written, Expanded, and Standard Form

Literature: The Boy Who Counted Stars by David L. Harrison
This lesson will combine students knowledge of written, expanded, and standard form
students will work in collaborative groups
based on numbers from the book, students will use objects in the classroom or drawing to represent the number
will use Virtual Manipulative: Base-10 blocks
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_152_g_2_t_1.html

Lesson 5: Rosetta Stone (Math Art Activity)

Literature: The mystery of the hieroglyphs: the story of the Rosetta stone and the race to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs by
Carol Donoughue
Engage students with history of Rosetta stone (three languages: hieroglyphics, Demotic, Greek): artifact that helped Europeans decipher hieroglyphics
Students will create their own Rosetta Stone using their birth date
Students will need to display their birth date using 4 types of "languages": standard form, expanded form, written form, and hieroglyphic